Hancock and Washington Counties Mummy Berry Disease There was another infection period overnight for mummy berry disease in all fields with weather stations in Hancock and Washington counties. Most cups will be dying off by now, but if you have a later or wetter field there is a chance you may have had infection period […]
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Knox, Lincoln and Waldo Counties Botrytis Blossom Blight This is the time of year to scout for Botrytis blossom blight on early blooming blueberry clones. Look at dead open flowers, and any dead or dying tissue (leaves or flowers) you see on weeds near or in your fields. The symptoms are dead, open, flowers with […]
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Knox, Lincoln, Waldo Counties Growers reported only finding dried up cups on Tuesday, May 13 in their mummy berry plots. I do not think the cups were done at that time in most fields since there is a range of when cups develop and I expect there were lingering cups around. There were infection periods […]
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At all of the weather station conditions for a mummy berry fungus infection period occurred from Friday, May 9 or Saturday, May 10. Please see the table below to see the approximate time when the infection period started in your area. Most growers in Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo counties have plants that are susceptible and […]
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Lincoln, Knox, Waldo Counties Cups have been found in West Rockport, Liberty and Appleton this week. The fungus was likely producing spores in fields in these areas. We did have long enough leaf wetness for infection IF your plants were far enough along. Reports vary by the area of whether or not the plants were […]
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Knox, Lincoln, Waldo Counties Mummy berry cups have been found by growers in their fields in West Rockport and Liberty. Numerous cups and pinheads were seen in plots this weekend by these growers. The growers also report the plants in their fields were not open enough to be susceptible with the rain this weekend. Plants […]
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With the warmer weather, flower buds are just starting to open up in the south and the mummy berry season is approaching. If you have a mummy berry patch in Knox, Lincoln or Waldo counties, now is the time to start monitoring it. Monitor your plants by checking the flower buds. Once you have 40% […]
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I think the mummy berry infection season is over for this year. Cups in most areas would have dried up over the last few days, so there won’t be any spores to infect the plants. I don’t think this current wet weather will be causing any infection periods for the mummy berry fungus. You […]
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Knox, Lincoln, Waldo and Southern Hancock Counties Mummy berry cups dried up early this week so it is unlikely there were any infections in your area in this last rain. Northern Hancock and Washington Counties Most cups are finished from our monitored field sites. Only one mature cup was still reported at Long Pond area […]
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Meddybemps Area Only Our Meddybemps weather station indicated there was an infection period in that field last night starting at 7:20 p.m. and continuing to 8:40 a.m. For this infection period in the Meddybemps area, if you have applied fungicide on or after Sunday, May 4, your plants were protected during the infection period overnight. […]
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